East Region Playoff Discussion

[theoriginalupstate]

May also be a mute point if Alfred beats IC this weekend too....

If the AU team that I saw vs UR shows up, IC will win by double digits...

[Jonny Utah]

Hampden-Sydney plays the other two top teams in the ODAC back-to-back to close the season and one is its archrival. Certainly possible for H-SC to lose. If H-SC loses to Washington and Lee on Saturday, W&L gets the automatic bid no matter what H-SC does against Randolph-Macon to finish.

Right, so in Ithacas longshot pool C chances, they would need H-S to win both games or lose both games.  Or beat W&L, lose to R-M and then have Randolph-Macon lose to Bridgewater.

[bomber3]

Finally, someone else who sees IC could earn an at-large if they win out.  I absolutely agree they could get in @ 8-2 if the cards fall right.  I bring it up in the ERPP and get ripped.  @ 8-2 with their SOS and the strength of the E8 I absolutely think they deserve to get in.  Especially since that means they would have beaten Cortland in Cortland.

+K when I get back to a computer!

Absolute and deserve are pretty strong terms to use...

Maybe I'm paranoid but considering what is going on around the division III world even at 9-1 I'm worried about SJF not getting a bid.  So how someone can just flat out say they think an 8-2 team absolutely deserves an at large bid is just blind and misguided homerism at its finest...

I absolutely think they deserve to get in if they win their final two games.  It has nothing to do with being an IC fan or not I think a team that would potentially go 8-2 and beat the teams they (potentially) beat deserve to get in.  Winning 80% of your games is no small feat and with their schedule it would be even more impressive. There are plenty of other good teams out that also deserve to get in too though.  So how bout finding something better to do with your time other than nit picking every comment I make and responding with comments like "seriously?!" and "misguided homerism"...

[theoriginalupstate]

Finally, someone else who sees IC could earn an at-large if they win out.  I absolutely agree they could get in @ 8-2 if the cards fall right.  I bring it up in the ERPP and get ripped.  @ 8-2 with their SOS and the strength of the E8 I absolutely think they deserve to get in.  Especially since that means they would have beaten Cortland in Cortland.

+K when I get back to a computer!

Absolute and deserve are pretty strong terms to use...

Maybe I'm paranoid but considering what is going on around the division III world even at 9-1 I'm worried about SJF not getting a bid.  So how someone can just flat out say they think an 8-2 team absolutely deserves an at large bid is just blind and misguided homerism at its finest...

I absolutely think they deserve to get in if they win their final two games.  It has nothing to do with being an IC fan or not I think a team that would potentially go 8-2 and beat the teams they (potentially) beat deserve to get in.  Winning 80% of your games is no small feat and with their schedule it would be even more impressive. There are plenty of other good teams out that also deserve to get in too though.  So how bout finding something better to do with your time other than nit picking every comment I make and responding with comments like "seriously?!" and "misguided homerism"...

Going 8-2 is not impressive...

[Jonny Utah]

Finally, someone else who sees IC could earn an at-large if they win out.  I absolutely agree they could get in @ 8-2 if the cards fall right.  I bring it up in the ERPP and get ripped.  @ 8-2 with their SOS and the strength of the E8 I absolutely think they deserve to get in.  Especially since that means they would have beaten Cortland in Cortland.

+K when I get back to a computer!

Absolute and deserve are pretty strong terms to use...

Maybe I'm paranoid but considering what is going on around the division III world even at 9-1 I'm worried about SJF not getting a bid.  So how someone can just flat out say they think an 8-2 team absolutely deserves an at large bid is just blind and misguided homerism at its finest...

I absolutely think they deserve to get in if they win their final two games.  It has nothing to do with being an IC fan or not I think a team that would potentially go 8-2 and beat the teams they (potentially) beat deserve to get in.  Winning 80% of your games is no small feat and with their schedule it would be even more impressive. There are plenty of other good teams out that also deserve to get in too though.  So how bout finding something better to do with your time other than nit picking every comment I make and responding with comments like "seriously?!" and "misguided homerism"...

Going 8-2 is not impressive...

It would be impressive and make people think if Ithaca blew out Alfred and Cortland in the last two games. 

Not a great chance that is going to happen but you never know.  Thats all we have as IC fans right now.

(Of course an SJF loss and Ithaca win would seal it for the bombers right?)

[wesleydad]

very interesting discussion about who should get in.  it is hard to choose a 2 loss team at any time for a pool B or C bid with so many 1 loss teams out there.  ithaca's 2 loses do not look that good.  lycoming got trounced by delval, i was at the game and it was not even close.  the other loss is by 24 to st john fisher.  salisbury has 2 loses to #3 wesley by 3 and # 15? hampden sydney by 4 and they are on the fringe of the conversation for a pool B bid.  they would certainly be just as deserving as ithaca.  i dont think either gets in.

[fisheralum91]

Upstate,
I dont know why you are so nervous about a 9-1 Fisher team getting looked over for the playoffs.
Look, at 9-1 even if they dont win the AQ, according to the SOS that Pat and Kevin were talking about Fisher is WELL within the 6 Pool C list.
Im not even going to think about possibilities that would preclude them from getting there.
Just shouldnt happen

[theoriginalupstate]

Upstate,
I dont know why you are so nervous about a 9-1 Fisher team getting looked over for the playoffs.
Look, at 9-1 even if they dont win the AQ, according to the SOS that Pat and Kevin were talking about Fisher is WELL within the 6 Pool C list.
Im not even going to think about possibilities that would preclude them from getting there.
Just shouldnt happen

Like I said, maybe I'm just paranoid...

I'm hoping that things work out this SatErday and SJF get's the AQ...

[fisheralum91]

Hey- Best case--we get the AQ and dont have to wait a week to find out.
I dont see Fisher losing to SC.
Not at all.
Yes I was wrong about AU, but that game somehow has become an enigma.
So, Fisher beats SC and hopes IC wins...If not..We become fans of the MOOSE?

[theoriginalupstate]

Hey- Best case--we get the AQ and dont have to wait a week to find out.
I dont see Fisher losing to SC.
Not at all.
Yes I was wrong about AU, but that game somehow has become an enigma.
So, Fisher beats SC and hopes IC wins...If not..We become fans of the MOOSE?

Yeah I'll have to wait until SatErday night to find out as my wife is having a C-Section for our 4th (and final) child in the morning...

[fisheralum91]

You need to adjust your priorities man!

Good luck!

[Yanks 99]

Hey- Best case--we get the AQ and dont have to wait a week to find out.
I dont see Fisher losing to SC.
Not at all.
Yes I was wrong about AU, but that game somehow has become an enigma.
So, Fisher beats SC and hopes IC wins...If not..We become fans of the MOOSE?

Yeah I'll have to wait until SatErday night to find out as my wife is having a C-Section for our 4th (and final) child in the morning...

Wow...congrats and good luck to you and Mrs. Upstate!  Man...4 sounds like a lot...I have one, and I cannot even imagine having another one right now (though I know that day is coming).  I am keeping my fingers crossed for your wife that this one isn't another ten pound monster!  That, and I don't want Fisher having the inside track for another huge lineman in about 18 years.  Good luck...

[fisheralum91]

Im with yanks on this one--congrats to you...
4 kids...
Are you insane?
I have two boys and i blame them directly for my male pattern baldness

[theoriginalupstate]

Hey- Best case--we get the AQ and dont have to wait a week to find out.
I dont see Fisher losing to SC.
Not at all.
Yes I was wrong about AU, but that game somehow has become an enigma.
So, Fisher beats SC and hopes IC wins...If not..We become fans of the MOOSE?

Yeah I'll have to wait until SatErday night to find out as my wife is having a C-Section for our 4th (and final) child in the morning...

Wow...congrats and good luck to you and Mrs. Upstate!  Man...4 sounds like a lot...I have one, and I cannot even imagine having another one right now (though I know that day is coming).  I am keeping my fingers crossed for your wife that this one isn't another ten pound monster!  That, and I don't want Fisher having the inside track for another huge lineman in about 18 years.  Good luck...

Yes, we are insane but we both wanted 4 from the start.  Just didn't think they'd all be 2 years apart. Yeah the next one is a boy as well, and according to the Docs is going to be around the same size as his brothers (10lbs12oz, 10lbs8oz)...

[AUKaz00]

Hey- Best case--we get the AQ and dont have to wait a week to find out.
I dont see Fisher losing to SC.
Not at all.
Yes I was wrong about AU, but that game somehow has become an enigma.
So, Fisher beats SC and hopes IC wins...If not..We become fans of the MOOSE?

The Alfred-Utica game has no bearing on the E8 AQ.